Collaborative engineering

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Functionally, however, collaborative engineering calls on a very large cross section of enterprise constituencies and is not limited to engineering or manufacturing professionals. 

Keywords Concurrent engineering Integrated product development and design processes Time-to-Market Collaborative/engineering processes CE system ... 

Resolving Interoperability in Concurrent Engineering Collaborative Engineering... 

Keywords Concurrent engineering Collaborative engineering Early supplier involvement Collaboralive/open innovation CE system Production system... 

Several new terms were used to indicate more specific approaches of CE, like Design for Manufacturing and Design for Assembly. Since many design and development processes also required the involvement of external technology providers the term Collaborative Engineering has also been used to indicate the concurrent way of working. 

In this chapter, a brief history is sketched of the main developments in CE in the past decades. First, CE is briefly described, including Early Supplier Involvement. Second, Collaborative Engineering is described, followed by Collaborative Innovation. 

Putting the emphasis on collaboration has led to the term Collaborative Engineering (CE ) with the following definition [15] ... 

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Keywords Sociotechnical systems Project design Collaborative engineering Simulation-based planning Scheduling Complexity Teamwork Learning... 

The present chapter aims to present the basic concepts behind Collaborative Engineering in the context of Product Development, for helping one reason whether the benefits of collaboration may overweight burdens such as lack of control and other inherent risks. The following sections categorize collaboration ventures, such as virtual enterprises and extended enterprises, which have been attracting attention since the 90 s. Furthermore, current developments in technology to support collaboration are explored, as well as future trends. 

In this section, the fundamental concepts of Collaborative Engineering are covered. Firstly, the distinctions between similar terms such as coordination, cooperation and collaboration are presented. Then, the types of collaborative ventures, such as virtual enterprises and crowdsourcing, are defined. 

In this section, the main technology trends behind Collaborative Engineering are presented. Computer Supported Collaborative Design is an area that enables multidisciplinary design to take place. Moreover, web-based design is emphasized as the pervasive means to share data in a connected world. 

The application of Collaborative Engineering to product design is usually called Computer Supported Collaborative Design (CSCD) or Computer Supported Collaborative Work in Design (CSCW-D). CSCD is carried out not only among multidisciplinary product development teams within the same company, but also across the boundaries of companies and time zones, with increased numbers of customers and suppliers involved in the process [6]. 

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